John M. Galt, Augusta Arsenal, Georgia, to Mrs. Mary Alexander Galt, Norfolk, 1860

Containers:
Box Series 2, Box 10, Folder 110
Scope and content:

Could not get anything definite from the brother and executor of George T. Williamson regarding the Ohio land claim, so has engaged Mr. J. McCormick as a lawyer. Encloses power of attorney to be signed by all the heirs [see December 6, 1860 above]. The 730 acres still due is not valuable land. Discusses the Yankees and their quarrel with the South in vigorous language. [Note: The writer is Dr. John M. Galt (1808-1868), son of John Minson Galt and Nancy Herbert. See Galt Genealogy, I.E.7. a., p.7.]

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